4. One book/film that made you cryBook: "The Time Traveller's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, "Corridor" by Alfian Sa'at, "Sputnik Sweetheart" by Haruki MurakamiFilm: "My Own Private Idaho" (Gus Van Sant), "What Time Is It There?" (Tsai Ming Liang), "The Missing" (Lee Kang Sheng), "Talk to Her" (Pedro Almodóvar)

5. One book/film you wish you had written/madeBook: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath was the hardest to decipher in Practical Criticism lessons because her allusions were often unorthodoxed and remote. Her journals are way more accessible. But that does not mean that it lacks quality. To be able to write like that even in a journal made me wish I could write like her.Film: "Darkness and Light" (Chang Tso-Chi)This film is simply mesmerizing.I feel a literal translation of its Chinese title would be more appropriate to the film: The Incandescence of Darkness.

6. One book/film you wish had never been written/madeBook: Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His IdeasFilm: I Not Stupid (Jack Neo), The Mothman Prophecies (Mark Pellington)

7. One book you are currently reading."Kafka on The Shore" by Haruki Murakami

8. One book/film you have been meaning to read/watchBook: A Fortunate Man by John BergerFilm: Three Colours Trilogy (Krzysztof Kieslowski)

9. One book that changed your lifeBook: "An American Childhood" by Annie DillardAnnie Dillard's book was the first book I ever bought for myself that was under the Literature section at Borders, when Borders first opened its doors. Her style was so affecting I began to imitate her. Now, metaphors, like waking up to the world, still remains imprinted in my head. Passages, which I revisit sometimes, still strike me with it's brilliance in the use of nature and its allusions to mankind.Film: "Center Stage" (Stanley Kwan)This might be the first "arthouse" film I've ever watched in my life. On TV, I remember, and Maggie Cheung sashaying with the lightbulb swinging to and fro. Very beautifully art directed, with flashed Chinese words in between. It changed my life in the way that it made me look at films differently, though I was too young to understand the film. This is one film I would love to revisit.